Dish.



L. R. POSCHADEL.

DISH.

APPLICATION ELLED MAR. 5, I918.

Patented Jul 16, 1918.

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' DISH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5,1918.

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4 HUM EV UNITE STATES PN LEONARD R. POSCHADEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed March 5, 1918. Serial No. 220,504.

of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a newand Improved Dish, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to' dishes and has for an object the provision ofan improved construction wherein ,all'of the contents may be removedwithout tilting the dish.

Another object in view is the provision in a dish or receptacle of arecessed or depressed portion whereby the contents may be easily dippedtherefrom without molesting the position of the dish or receptacle.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a soup dish disclosing an embodiment ofthe invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through Fig. 1 on line 22.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through Fig. 1 on line 33.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a different form of dish showing what iscommonly known as a ree-in-one dish, with an em bodiment of theinvention applied thereto.

Fig. 5 is a side view of an ice-cream dish with certain parts brokenaway for disclosing how the invention may be applied thereto.

' Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicatesa soupdish of substantially any desired kind, said dish being provided with adepressed portion 2 merging into a side wall 3 of the dish andalso abottom 4. The side wall 3 is provided with a ridge or overhangingprojection 5 above the depression 2 whereby when any one is eating soupor any other food from the dish 1 the same maybe easily taken up by asoup spoon even though there is only a small quantity therein, as saidsmall quantity may be forced into the depression 2 and taken Into aspoon. In the case of berries or other articles the overhanging shoulderor stop 5 assists in causing the berries or other article to enter thespoon. The depression 2 and the shoulder 5 permits a person to removesoup or other food from the dish by the use of a spoon without tiltingthe dish.

In the Figs. 1 to 3 the invention is shown applied to a soup dish, butit will be understood, of course, that the invention may be applied todishes of any desired kind, as for' instance, punch bowls, berry bowls,or in fact any desired kind from which the food is removed in smallquantities by a spoon.

In Fig. 4 will be seen a plate 6, which is known as a three-in-one platebecause it is divided into compartments 7, 8 and 9 by the walls '10 and11. The depression 2 is provided in the dessert compartment 9 wherebythe dessert or any article positioned in said compartment may be removedeven though the quantity is very small. The wall is preferably caused tooverhang the depression 2 at 13 so as to present the shoulder efieet tothe shoulder 5 illustrated particularly in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 5 the'invention is illustrated as being applied to an ice-creamdish 12. The depression 2 in any form of dish may be made of any sizedesired, but always of asuflicient length, width and depth to prop erlyaccommodate the spoon which is to be used in connection with thatparticular dish.

What I claim is: I

1. A dish comprising a body formed as a bowl structure for receiving aliquid and other foods, said body being formed with a depression thereinadjacent one of the walls thereof, said depression being in freecommunication with the'remaining part of the dish, andmeans borderingthe depression presenting a bead overhanging the depress1on.

2. A soup dish provided with a body having a bottom, side walls, and adepending supporting flange, said bottom merging into a depressedportion which in turn merges into part of said supporting flange andinto part of said wall, the wall at thedepressedportion having anoverhanging section above said bottom.

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